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PETEE MUNZINGEE, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CENTER SEALS FOR GAS-WORKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 109,540, dated November, 1870.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER MUNZINGEE, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Center Seal for Gas-Works, of which the fol-l lowing is a description.

The invention consists, first, of concentric inlet, outlet,`and drip pipes; second, of a distributing-chamber divided into compartments commensurate with the number of puriers; third, of a rotary valve for directing the flow of the gas to the several purifiers and for shutting oi any purilier for cleaning, &c. fourth, of covered ground joints formed by the partitions of the rotary valve and the distributingchamber; t'th, of'angle-boxes for changing the direction of the gas iow to and from the purifiers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a transversesection throughU U', Fig. 5. Fig.2 is a plan view, partly sectioned, throughWW, Fig. 5, showing the radial partitions of the valve. Fig. 3is avertical section through XX, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a surface view. Fig. 5 is a surface view with the angle-boxes attached. Fig. 6 is a transverse through Y Y', Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view. Fig. 8 is a perspective view with the easin g removed to show the partitions or divisions of the distributingchamber. Fig. 9 is avertioal section. Fig. 10 is a section of the loose or rotary valve. Figs. 1l and l2 are plan views.

A, Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 9, is a connecting-pipe from the condenser or washer to the center or inlet pipe, B. Around and concentric with or equivalently so are the outlet and drip pipes C and D.

E, Figs. 1, 3, 7, 8, and 9, is a distributingehamber, connecting with the inlet, outlet, and drip pipes. It is divided by the radial partitions F, Figs. l and 8,into a number of cornpartments commensurate with the number of purifiers. These are again divided into slips by the radial partitions G. In this instance there are four compartments and eight slips-.

viz., a b c d ef g h, Fig. S-connecting four purifiers, H I J K, Figs. 11 and 12.

L, Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and l0, is a loose or circular valve, which is divided by radial partitions F', Figs. 2 and 3, corresponding throughout with those of the distributingchamber E to form ground-joints to prevent the gas from acting on and destroying the edges ofthe partitions, and thereby permit it to circulate from oneslip to another without passingthrough the purifiers. To ilow the gas from one-slip to another every other partition, F2, is shortened, as shown at Fig. 3, the gas passing over them.

The inner ring, M, Fig. 2. of the valve has the same diameter as the inlet-pipe B, Fig. l. The outer ring, N, has the same diameter as the inlet-pipe, C, on which they lit, making perfectly gas-tightjoints.

The gas from the condenser or washer is forced through the connecting-pipe into the center or inlet pipe, B, Figs. 1, 3, and 9, from which it passes through the pipe P in the valve, Fig. 2, into the slip a, Figs. 8 and 11, and is deiiected by the first ground jointor radial partition F through the pipe Q into the first purier, H, Figs. 1l and 12, after passing through which it returns through the pipe Q into the slip b and passes overthe top ot' the short partition F2, Figs. 2 and 3, of the valve L into the slip c, when it is deflected by the ground-joint partition F through the pipe Qzinto the second purifier, I. Returning by the pipe Q2 into the slip d, it passes over the short partition F2 into the slip e, being deflected by the transverseV or ground-joint partition F through the pipe Q4 into the third purifier, J. The pipe Q5 returns it into the slipf, when it is turned by the ground-joint partition through the opening R, Fig. 2, into the outlet-pipe G, from which it is taken by the pipe S, Figs. 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9.

It will be observed that the slips g and h, communicating with the fourth purifier, K, Figs. S, l1, and 12, are shut oft' and separated from the others by the valve L. The radial partitions F3 of the valve form ground joints with the partitions of the distributing-chamber for the purpose ot' cutting oli" any given purifier for cleaning, &'c. The others can be shut oft' in turn by simply rotating the valve of the proper position.

When circumstances require the puriers to be ranged along the building, as shown at Fig. 12, instead of around the center-seal, angleboxes Tare used, as shown at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7,

9, and 12. Ihey can either be cast with the distributing-chamber or be bolted or otherwise secured to it. The tar and ammoniacal liquor dropped by the gas in its passage ow from the several slips into the drip-pipe D at the openings Ol Figs. 3, 7, and 9, and drop into 4. The covered ground radial joints or parthe box O, beneath. titions F, as shown and described.

I claim as my invention 5. The angle-boxes T, forthe purpose shown. 1. Theconcentriciniet,outlet,anddrip pipes, In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my substantially for the purpose shown and dename to this specification in presence of two scribed. subscribing Witnesses.

2. Thedistributing-chamberE,asshown and PETER MUNZINGER. described. Witnesses 3. The rotary valve L, substantially as and FRANCIS D. PAs'ioRIUs,

for the purpose shown and described. JOHN YILLS. 

